Tuesday, May 5, 2009

*CONTEST*: Win a FREE Nightmare Snatcher journal!

THE CONTEST HAS ENDED!

Thank you for all the submissions. The winner will be announced tomorrow!

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I have a brand new yellow Nightmare Snatcher journal available in my shop that needs a name. Name my yellow friend and you get to take him home for your very own! Now, only one name and winner will be picked, but you can submit as many names as you want.

Note that I enjoy names that have a reason or a reference behind the name. For example my Lumpkin journal is named for 'Fatty Lumpkin' the pony in the Lord of the Rings and Fribbler comes from the word 'fribble' which means to waste or fritter something away. So if you have a reason for your choice be sure to communicate that to me as well.

You have a week, from 5-5-09 to 5-13-09 at midnight, to submit as many names as you want. So let the naming begin! Winner will be announced here after the contest ends!

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

•Submit your name/names here in the blog along with your e-mail address/some way to contact you OR e-mail your entry to: sarah@nightmaresnatchers.com•Please note that if you submit your e-mail here on the blog, it will be visible to the public! If you e-mail me instead, your e-mail will be kept private.•If you have a reason for the name, submit that too! I'd like to hear your thought process.•Contest ends Wednesday, May 13th 2009 at midnight EST.•Submit as many times as you want up to the deadline! There is no limit on entries.•Winner will be announced on Friday, May 15th, 2009.•PRIZE: 1 Yellow Nightmare Snatcher, as of yet unnamed.

-Gremlin[ ;] after Gremlins]-Lama[ Spanish for something that gets created on moist things ]-Jaune[ I believe its French for Yellow]-Gelb[ i believe its German for Yellow]-Occhio[ Eye in Italian!]-Golden Eye[ xD reminds me of the movie! and my mom loves that movie]

Okay, my vote is silly and probably not what you're looking for, but here goes:

I say Trognuf.

Trognuf is what it sounds like when my daughter (almost 2 years old) says "Strong Enough," which I would think that the snatchers need to be. But your yellow guy (girl?) looks pretty laid back, so I think a lazier pronounciation (such as my daughter uses) would be fitting.

Seesigh - s/he has one eye and looks like s/he might be sighing to meDandeleyeon- reminds me of a dandelion a lot, and i like the play on the one eyeBuzz - the yellow makes me think electricityPoe - Edgar Allen Poe (and his dark poetry that seemed full of his fears to me)Oz - the yellow brick road from wizard of ozFuzzeye - fuzzy and eye, sorta self explanitorySunshi/Sunchi - combo of Sun for the color and the japanese word Tenshi/Tenchi which means angel, and i think these books are like angels to those who recive themHappeye - yellow is a happy color to me, and the one eye thing againPop - the bright yellow makes me think pop artPopeye - The pirate... and also could be a mix between pop art and eyeTwinkle - like a star, the yellow could be the color of starsCeleste- for the meaning of it, which is Heavenly, and i know for me a book like this would be heaven sent right about nowand it also comes from Celestial, like the sun and the stars from which s/he borrows his/her color(Celeste is my name, but i don't think it should be there because its my name, the name just fits to me)Gracey - from Gracey Lou Freebush, aka Miss CongenialityIris - from the single eye... and the flower (bright and cheery)Flicker- from the flame like look

i think i am out of ideas for now...found this through craftster just so you know

cdmoir@msn.com

and i am putting this as anonymous because it won't let me put it through with any of the urls i have

LEMCHOMP or LEMONCHOMP - Well he is quite a bright yellow, which makes me think of Lemons, which makes me think of bad things, or things that don't live up to their expectations. Chomp is because well...he is going to eat all the "lemons" out of our lives, lol.

My suggestions:Sulley - as in from Monsters, Inc. It's a bit obvious, I know, but that fur looks the same! Except for color... (or Wazo, for Mike Wazowski, the green, one-eyed one)Cyclops - such an underappreciated name

I also found some more one-eyed names with a bit of googling:Hagen - Norse mythologyKang/Kodos - from the SimpsonsMuno - Yo Gabba Gabba, anyone?More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-eyed_creatures

I think he looks like a George - I have a rock named George... I found him when the tide was low in Boothbay Hbr Maine, and he looks exactly as if he has one big eye, one smaller eye, and teeth (yes, I'm THAT bizarre I guess!)... and this guy reminds me of him!! :) amyhttp://ara133photography.etsy.com

Leetso or Nayee---Navajo see uranium and materials for atomic power as a monster. The Navajo word for monster is nayee. The literal translation is “that which gets in the way of a successful life.” Navajo people also believe that one of the best ways to start to overcome or weaken a monster as a barrier to life is to name it. Every evil -- each monster -- has a name. Uranium has a name in Navajo. It is leetso, which means “yellow brown” or “yellow dirt.”

And henseforth is my thinking: You, my brother bite, are of the spider persuasion. The Snatcher, is of the banana yellow persuasion. The Wandering Brazilian Spider travels the world in bunches of bananas. The Portuguese name for a spider is Aranhas.

Name: Giloli Gilo-gilo / giloli is a Japanese sound word used when someone stares at you really hard (usually with big eyes). I thought of this name because he only has one eye and looks like he is really trying hard to stare at you with his teeth clenched!

Well there are a lot of great ideas here. But the beast says "Pollen" to me in a whisper. It is the color of the pollen found everywhere here in the spring. It covers everything with a soft, light yellow coat, it can be overpowering, but is beautiful.